A Florida teenager who sued Meta alleging he was addicted and harmed by using platforms like Instagram has dropped his case. The 15-year-old plaintiff, known by the initials RKC, had in recent weeks settled the same lawsuits against TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, all of which have been accused in a large lawsuit of creating addictive
Snap is the latest major technology company to settle a lawsuit that claimed social media platforms are harmful to children and young adults. The company reached a “tentative” settlement in a case that was set to go to trial later this month. TikTok recently settled its side of the case with the plaintiff, known by
Sony Music Entertainment has once again sued AI music generator Udio, alleging that the startup illegally copied more than 30,000 songs from artists including Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Elvis Presley to train its models. Sony first filed lawsuits against Udio and its competitor Suno in June 2024 along with labels Universal Music Group and Warner
Apple recently filed a trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of a pattern of misconduct aimed at getting current and former Apple employees to share confidential information. (In response, OpenAI said it is “not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit.”) On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast,
A lawsuit filed by two US-based advocacy groups argues that the Trump administration is stifling free speech through sanctions it imposed last year against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Palestinian human rights groups. The groups are challenging an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that imposed sanctions on ICC judges, prosecutors and groups
Paramount agreed to a request from 12 states to tie its federal antitrust case to a pre-existing lawsuit filed by Paramount+ subscribers. The move means the states’ challenge to the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will likely end up before Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, a Biden appointee who is already overseeing the earlier lawsuit.